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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. HarperDB vs. jBASE

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. HarperDB vs. jBASE

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document storeMultivalue DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarangodb.comwww.harperdb.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbase
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.HarperDBRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)
Initial release2014201220171991
Current release3.11.5, November 20233.1, August 20215.7
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Node.js
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectiondynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyes infoJSON data typesoptional
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like data manipulation statementsEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0A table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item level
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Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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